End structure for railway-cars.



W. P. MURPHY.

END STRUCTURE FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE17,1912.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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W. P. MURPHY.

END STRUCTURE FOR RAILWAY (mas.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE17,1912.

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I To all whom ii may concern.

Be it knownthat I, WALTER P. Mim'm,

a citizen of lalzie- United} States, miding at.

Chicago, inihe county of Cook and State of Illinois, huve'imrenicd certain new and use full Improvemehts in End Structures for Railway-Cars, of which the following is a, specification.

My iiivention relates to the construction; of railway freight cars and particularly to the construction of railway cars lmown as} 002:

core.

The primary object of the invention ins to provide am and slructurc ilorrailway box carev which will be composed essentially ofsheet meta- .1 but will comprise also a nonmetolrlie, preferablvwooden, lining element or batten arranged so as to stand against and cover the lower portion of the sheet metal structure on the inside of the car. One of the purposes of this wooden element is to prevent themoesible ,pwlcture or (looting of the sheet metal end by heavy sharp pointed or sharp cornered articles. It, is well known thai when a train starts and. stops av cargo has a fiend ency to he thrust iii one direction or lhe other against one of the eIlClS of the car. A sheet metal end structure, because of its strength and rigidity, is well calculated to withstand thethrusc of a, cargo as a whole but unless the metal sheets are very thick and heavy it is possible to puncture or dent them! by the thrust, of some heavy article having a small area of contact. Anothe' purpose is to prevent grain, flour, or other like material, when the car is loaded in bulk with such material, from coming into 0011 tact with the metal of the end and being injured by the sweating of the mel'al. FUD there-lone by providing the metal structure with the separate liningelemenl', nmde oi Wood or like material, a cargo oi grain or the like is kept from leaking out even if, may happen, the sheets of metal composing the end slrucem-e proper are bent, sprung or warpcdewoy from their et-techments to the end sill and corner post; or if for any other reason the tight joint does not exist between. the metal end and the wooden body of. the

car. The lining may also he used to edvzmfipeclflcatlon oi Letters Patent.

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movahly so thatiii may or may not he used" no occqmon requires. I

My Invention has for further obj-cats such other novel and improved arrangements and devices relating to the construction of freight cars eswil-l be hereinafter described. emlclaimed.

The invention is iliuetmtecl, in certain preferred constructions, in the accompany ing drawings, wherein- Flg'ure l is a fragmentary sectional view of the endof o freighlzlcer, being; when on :lme 1-1 of Fig. 2; Fig, 2, e sectional plan taken on line 2--2I 01? Fig. l; Fig. 3, a-eectioiml plan illustrating". a modification; 4-, a longitudinal eeciiomil View of the end of 31 box car illustrating arnoehcr mndificu tion; Fig. 5, e secfiioiml plan on line 5-43 of Fig. 4;v Fig. 6, ayi-ew, in perspective, of one of the angle here shown in the preceding figures, and Fig. 7, a sccliionalview taken on line '?--7 of Fig. 5, looking in the directinn oi the arrows Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the sev'eml figures of the chewing.

lileferring to the drawing, 10 designates one end sill of a, box car, 11, 11 thc'corre, eponding corner peels, 12 the sheaf-hing, 13 the roof, and 1% the ridge pole. The; end in the poi-liculer construction shown, of an upper horizontal sheet metal plate 15 and :1V lower plate 16,'tl1cse plates being overlapped and secured together by the rivets 17. The plate 15 is formed with on inl'urned flange-18 which carries 'lhe ridge pole ii. A clip 15 is the ridge pole by the bolls 21. The lower edge of the lower plate 16 is secured to die end sill by bolts; 22, Tlhe end: sheet and 16 are formed on their vertical edges wiih flanges 23 and are secured thereby to the corner posts 11. The plates are formed with horizontally extending; corrugations a, which are preferably Tapered down at their ex tremitics as shown. Obviously the particular cimstruclion of the metal end above do scribed need not he adhered to.

The lining element consists preferably of number of vertically arren secured together by any suit example, by horizouhil s The boards 24; are with the grain r! in if horizontally a;

ed hom'de 1 similarly corrugated Secured to the flange 18 by rivets 20 and to I faces of the corner posts 11 extending a trifle less than half way up the posts. In

the construction shown in Fig. 3- the guideways for the removable lining'are made by forming a rabbet 28 in the inner face of the corner posts 11".

' In Flg's. 4 to 7 inclusive I have shown a further modification. Between the sheet metal end structure 15 16 and the corner posts 11 are interposed angle bars 29 which 34 bear upon the end sill 10 are made are secured to the corner posts bythe bolts 30 and to which the end structure is secured by rivets 30. The lower portions of the angle bars 29 are z sectionin their configuration, the flanges 31 providing the guidewaysfor the removable lining. The end sheets 15, 16 are shown as formed with vertically extending corrugations b, which are tapered at their extremities. With an end structure of this sort it is. desirable that the lining element be made up of horizontally arranged boards 24 which are secured together by the strips 25". The flanges 31 are cut ofi half way up the bar so as to per-.

mit the lining to be removed when desired. Pr'eferabl' the flanges 32 of the an le bars longer than the-rest of the ar and bent over at each end to provide the upper and lower horizontal flanges 33 and 34. The fian e 33 is secured to the end plate 35 of the car a Wooden end plate being shown in this constructionalthough that is not essential) by means of the bolts 36. The lower flanges and are secured thereto by the bolts 37. When this construction is employed the flanges on the vertical edges of the end sheets may be omitted. The riveting of .the' end sheets 15*, 16 to the angle bars provides a water proof joint. Furthermore, the angle bars reinforce and strengthen the end of the car. In fact, with the angle bars constructed and arranged as shown, theyybecome compression members and take a part of the roof'load so that the corner posts 11 need not be relied upon to take the roof stresses butserve chiefly as nailingst-rips. For the reasons just noted the use of'the angle bars in this connection have.

structure of the car and 7 frame .of t

has utility apart from theirfunction in prono occasion to use the wooden lining element it may be easily removed by lifting it up and taking it out from the guideways. There will ordinarily be no occasion for protectin the upper part of the sheet metal end. ileavy articles such as, might cause injury to the metal sheets are always placed 1n the lower part of the 'car; and of course grain, or like material, is never loaded up much'beyond the middle of the car. I

I claim: j 1. The combination in a freight car of a sheet metal end structure, means providing guideways at opsosite sides of the car on the inside of said en structure, and a removable lining consisting of a single structure of 2. The combination-in a freight car of a sheet metal end structure, a removable lining consisting of a single structure of wood or the like extending across the end of the car from side to side, and metal retaining strips for the lining element which are angular in cross section and secured directly to said sheet metal structure,'

3. The combination in a freight car of a sheet metal end structure, angle bars which intervene between the outer edges of the sheet metal structure and the side structures of the car, the sheet metal end structures being secured to said angle bars' the lower portions of the angle bars being configurationso as and a removable lining element adapted to be received in said guidcwa s.

4. The combination in a eight car comprising corner posts of a sheet metal end structure secured to said posts,-and angle bars which intervene between the outer edges of the sheet metal structure and the corner .posts of the car, the angle bars being provided with horizontal flanges at each end,

the upper flange being secured to the roof the lower flange bearing uplon and. secured to the under e car. a j WALTER P. MURPHY. Witnesses:

- B..J. CURRAN,

Fnnnnmon SCHUEFLER. 

